ERIC Number: EJ974238
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1097-6736
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The Evaluator's Role in Valuing: Who and with Whom
Alkin, Marvin C.; Vo, Anne T.; Christie, Christina A.
New Directions for Evaluation, n133 p29-41 Spr 2012
The act of valuing in an evaluation may be perceived in different ways. We consider the multiple theoretic perspectives that govern an evaluator's behavior and present a typology of evaluator valuing roles. Within this typology we describe three ways in which value judgments are typically reached--by stakeholders alone, stakeholders and evaluators in consort with each other, or by evaluators only. This heuristic offers a more explicit understanding of how valuing occurs in evaluation. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Evaluators, Classification, Value Judgment, Role, Stakeholders, Heuristics, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Values, Theories, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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